Five days on an emotional rollercoaster and all we have is a draw. But, stalemate or not, England's 517-1 against Australia was a veritable stats fest, even though Andrew Strauss called off the punishment by declaring on the final day at 2pm.

Here are just some of the landmarks unearthed so far:

Cook's innings

• Alastair Cook's 235 not out was England's highest Test score since Graham Gooch's 333 against India at Lord's in 1990, and the second highest since Dennis Amiss in Jamaica 36 years ago.

• Cook became the fourth England batsman to hit a double century against Australia. He joined Wally Hammond (three times), Reg Foster and Paul Collingwood, who made his in Adelaide four years ago. Reg "Tip" Foster is interesting: the only man to captain England at both football and cricket. His 287 in Sydney remains the highest score by a Test debutant.

• Cook's innings was the highest individual Test score at The Gabba, breaking a Bradman record in the process – now that really might unnerve the Aussies. The Don's 226 against South Africa in the inaugural Test at the Gabba in 1931 is now only second best. That Gabba quiz question is suddenly much more fun.

• No England batsman has batted longer in an innings in Australia. Cook batted for 10 hours 25 minutes in the second innings and was barely flagging when the declaration came. Add his first innings and he batted in the match for more than 15 hours — which is equivalent to 10 Premier League football matches (or only eight if you count the minutes Sir Alex Ferguson gets added on for stoppage time).

• Cook's innings was the fourth longest in England Test history

The other three where the rest of your life might have flashed before you (if you are over 80 at any rate) are:

797 mins: Len Hutton, 364 not out v Australia, The Oval, 1938.

England's highest Test innings of all time in their record 903-7 dec.

683 mins: Ken Barrington, 256 v Australia, Old Trafford, 1964

All people remember about his one is the statistics. Bob Simpson also got a triple hundred for Australia in a drab draw that summed up cricket's problems in the mid-60s.

The partnership

• Cook and Trott's stand of 329 in 92 overs was the highest for England in Australia. They have outdone Jack Hobbs and Wilfred Rhodes, who put on 323 in Melbourne in a Timeless Test in 1912.

• England have had eight larger partnerships in Test history, three of them against Australia. The largest partnership of all against Australia came from the Yorkshire pair of Maurice Leyland and Len Hutton, who put on 382 in the record-breaking Oval Test in 1938. David Gower figures in the other two.

The innings

• Not since 1924 have the first three England batsmen made centuries — against anyone. The three old-timers concerned? Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe and Kent's Goweresque offside driver Frank Wooley all strutted their stuff against South Africa at Lord's

• England's 517-1 was the second highest Test score at The Gabba and their second highest total in Australia.

• England have never been 500-1.

The quote

"Come on boys you have only drawn it, not won it" — Australian cricket writer as England left the field at the Gabba.